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Blacking- Box Holder.

Patented April 16, 1867.

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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

' Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. FIELD, of Boston, in the county ofSufiolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improvedBlacking-Box Holder, and do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification, and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is atop View; and

Figure 2 a vertical and longitudinal section of it.

The blacking-hox holder is a round and shallow box, A, provided withahandle, a, to project fromits circumference, and also with a cover, I),to turn laterally on and off-the box, and on a wood screw, 0, goingthrough the cover and into the box near the edge of the latter, the formand arrangement of the box, the cover, and the screw'being asrepresented in the drawing. On the handle, and close to its junctionwith the box, I afiix, by means of a screw, (Z, a block, a, ofvulcanized India rubber, it being soarranged as to project a little intothe path of movement of the cover, or to press against the periphery ofthe cover, in order to hold such cover closed, and to allow it to beeasily moved aside on the box, as occasion may require. Thus the coverwill be held closely'by means of an elastic or a friction and pressurefastening. .For securing a blocking-box, 13, within the holder I employa screw, f, to screw laterally through the circumference of the holderA, and against the box B. Such screwf, being formed with a head, g,serves the purpose of enabling a person to revolve the screw. Its eye orhole, 71, answers to enabl'c the blocking-box holder to be hung upon ahook or nail inserted in a wall or post. The arrangement of the screwrelatively to the handle and cover is such as to be advantageous, as thescrew, by such, serves as a means not merely of fastening theblacking-box in place in the holder, but it also serves to suspend theholder from a hook or nail, and to bring the cover into a position bywhich its gravity or weight will aid in closing or keeping it closedwhen the holder is so suspended.

What I claim as my invention or improvement is as follows:

I claim the combination of devices constituting my improved blacking-boxholder, viz, the box A, its handle a, cover 6, elastic block 2, andscrewf, arranged substantially as specified.

WILLIAM" A. FIELD.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

